Newburgh Senior Center June 2020 Newsletter

529 Jefferson St. Newburgh, IN 47630 812-853-5627 Fax12-853-5629

Nancy Lybarger, manager email: manageratnsc@gmail.com

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Manager’s Corner

Free Food Friday is back!

Never in our wildest dreams would we ever have considered being quar-antined for months on end, not seeing our friends and families. Now that we are starting to open our restaurants and other businesses, we can see light at the end of our tunnel (Never mind that it might be the light of another oncoming train). However, it’s still go-ing to be a while before we open the Senior Center again to the public, just because our members are among the most vulnerable to this horrid disease. We are looking to take as few chances as possible. For now, let us all remember to breathe. We still have family and friends and some day we will be to-gether in person. Until then, keep up the contact through phones, Zoom, Skype and plain old fashioned letters. My heart grew three sizes when I got the Mother’s Day letter from my 2-year-old granddaughter. It’s like my pastor keeps repeating: The church is not a building. It’s the

people who are the church. Just the same, the Senior Center isn’t the building, it’s our friends we come here to see and have fun with. The board met in person on May 13. We seated one person per table; and first thing when we came in the door, we washed our hands. It’s too soon to tell what types of measures we’ll need to do to keep us safe once we open again. The board decided not to open until at least the middle of June and probably not until July. I am broken-hearted to tell you that, but in all good conscience, I have to agree with that decision. I don’t want any of us getting sick through contact with others here. I care way too much about all you all to take any chances with your health. My daughter makes cards with stamps, etc. Her two newest ones are Coronavirus-related. The first one says, “They said a mask and gloves were enough. They lied. Everybody else was wearing clothes.” And the

second one, my favorite, said, “For the first time in history, we can save the world by sitting on the couch doing nothing. Let’s not screw this up.” Not making light of a serious situa-tion, but we might as well laugh when we can.

June Birthdays Jackie Snodgrass 6-2 Katherine Webb 6-6 Carol Wedding 6-6 Sally Loehr 6-7 Linda Hague 6-8 Harry Burbank 6-8 Donna-Marie Kane 6-9 Terri Chevalier 6-9 Wayne Maden 6-11 Connie Levengood 6-14 Becky Brackett 6-15 Kathryn Simpson 6-15 (Kathryn, Happy 100th!) June Huber 6-19 Christine Shipley 6-20 Jim Harris 6-21 Lee Rowlett 6-22 Gaile Jones 6-24 Judi Chase 6-29 Catherine Bausch 6-29

Good news! A Drive Through Free Food Friday is scheduled for June 19, 11 a.m-1 p.m. Lunch is being provid-ed by the Islamic Center and all you all know how tasty their food always is. We’ve so missed their lunches and the ladies who prepare the food. We need reservations by June 17, so

call us at 812-853-5627, text us at 812-454-6227 or email us at manageratnsc@gmail.com. At least we can see your smiling fac-es. You may need to practice your grin; it’s been too long since you ac-tually turned up the corners of your mouth.

Thanks to our Day Sponsors for June

We appreciate our Day Sponsors for June.

June 1 is sponsored by the Warrick Vet Clinic Newburgh Plaza in honor of their 6th Anniversary having a location

in Newburgh. Thank you for sup-porting the NSC and thank you for tak-ing such good care of our dear pets! June 02 is sponsored by Ed and Rose Cooper in honor of their 36th wedding anniversary. What a great month June is for weddings! Thank you, Ed and Rosie, for making us a part of your spe-cial day this year. June 12 is sponsored by Dr. Ed and Nancy Prusz in honor of their 49 wed-ding anniversary. The Pruzses have

been wonderful supporters of the NSC for many years. We are excited to be part of their 49th and are looking forward to celebrating their 50th! Happy Anniversary! June 17 is sponsored by Penny and Tom Bodkin in celebration of their wedding anniversary. Thank you for being such great "Newburghians" and for your support of the NSC and so many other activities in the Town of Newburgh. Happy Anniversary! Cele-brate!

Thanks to Community Foundations, other folks who help us

In these scary economic times, it is such a blessing to have organizations that can help with expenses that are not currently covered by income. We appreciate the Rapid Response Funds grant we received in May from the Warrick-Vanderburgh Community Foundations through the Community Foundation Alliance, Inc. We are getting some assistance through the federal PPP program to help with expenses , as well. Thanks to the individuals who have gone over and above in their support of the Center, including Allyson Clay-bourn, Pam and Warren Wentzel, Su-zan and Arnold Sorensen, the Islamic Center and Ruth Edgerton. Thanks Ed Butch for planting and tak-ing care of our garden. We also appreciate all those who are making masks for the Center to distrib-

ute. Teresa Graham, Chris Campbell, Hazel Carter and the American Legion Auxiliary have all been busy crafting face masks. If you need a mask or two, please come by during business hours and pick some out to take. We’re hearing these masks should be laundered often, so you need more than one. We have a limited supply of breakfast, and emergency food boxes from SWIR-CA. The breakfast boxes have items for five breakfasts, while each emergency box contains supplies for seven lunch-es. All these boxes contain shelf stable foods. The emergency food boxes are designed to hold you over in a pinch until you can either get to the store or have your power restored, etc. Please call the Center at 812-853-5627 to re-serve your box(es). You don’t have to be a member, just over 60 years old to

qualify. First come, first serve. There is SWIRCA paperwork to fill out so they can get their funding. If you’d like to donate for these, that would be great, but it is not required. Also, the Islamic Center is offering food boxes on Fridays, 4-5 p.m. Food pantries at Mother Theresa’s and New-burgh United Methodist Church are open, too. Mother Theresa’s is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 9-11:30 a.m. and the last Thursday of the month, 4-5:30 p.m. The church’s pan-try is open Mondays, 9-11 a.m. Both are drive through only. Supplemental food is distributed the fourth Friday at the Center. You must apply ahead of time for this program. Call Colleen Martin at 812-598-8332 to register for this monthly program. This program is limited to Warrick County residents.

Congratulations to Joe Seibert. He submitted a list of 127 words that he made from coronavirus. Good job, Joe. He wins a Walmart gift card. The online Scrabble Dictionary listed 327 words. There were 2 eleven-letter words and 17 two-letter words. The remaining words ranged from three to nine letters. There were no 10-letter words listed.

Not having an “E” to use limited the number of usable words, according to some whiners. Here’s the new contest for June. Make as many words as you can from this phrase: Newburgh— Best Little Town by a Dam Site. You have all the vowels to work with this time. Deadline to enter is June 20.

Contest winner announced; new contest set for June

Thanks to our Activity Sponsors *Town of Newburgh — Provides our building, mainte-

nance and supplies/services.

*Bayer’s Plumbing (812) 853-2305 — Sponsors Fruitful

Fridays and Sundae Fridays.

*Heritage Federal Credit Union — (812) 253-6928 — Our

Internet Café/Printer sponsor.

*Titzer Funeral Homes (812) 853-8314 — Sponsors our

monthly birthday cake. Thanks, too for printing our news-

letter.

*Mike and Linda Andreas — Landscaping, garden and

flowers sponsor.

*Ohio Township — Activity sponsor.

*King Mechanical Specialty and Zion United Church of

Christ — Hospitality sponsors.

We appreciate the commitment of those in our commu-

nity who sponsor our programs and projects. If you would

like to support the efforts of the Newburgh Senior Center,

please contact us at (812) 853-5627 or email our manager,

Nancy Lybarger at manageratnsc @gmail.com.

We’re ramping up for Porkapalooza 2020

Now that we are looking at warmer weather and folks are getting the knack of physical distancing for fun and entertainment, we anticipate getting together with our friends from the Newburgh BBQ Coalition (NBC) for another great smoking adventure here

at Newburgh Senior Center. Mark your calendar now for Friday and Saturday, September 25 and 26. You will not forgive yourself if you for-get. Lunches are scheduled for both days. As usual, pre-ordered smoked meat will be picked up on Saturday. Times will be posted as soon as we know them. If you breathe just right, you can re-member the smell of the smokers in the side yard from years past. Just makes you drool, doesn’t it? Can’t you taste the pulled pork and smoked meats? We plan to offer pulled pork lunches and will be taking orders for tender-loins, ribs and pulled pork. If September is too far away for you to wait, the NBC is scheduled for their first 2020 smoke in Newburgh at the American Legion on June 13. You can

pre-order ribs, tenderloins and/or pulled pork. Thanks to our first sponsor, the folks at Stoll, Keenon and Ogden. Chris Wischer is a member of this law firm and is our Town Attorney. He has played music for us.

VHS, DVDs can be borrowed We discovered a treasure trove of VHS tapes and a few DVDs for your viewing pleasure. You can borrow sev-eral at a time and return them when you finish watching. We also have a plethora of books on tape and CDs in the library. Books are available to borrow, too. Please wear a mask when you enter the building and wash your hands be-fore you handle anything.

Check out the weird holidays in June June is named after the Roman god-dess Juneo, patroness of marriage and the well-being of women. It also comes from the Latin word juvenis meaning young people.

If that’s not strange enough for you, here are some wacky holidays in June. Heimlich Maneuver Day: 1 National Go Barefoot Day: 1 National Nail polish Day: 1 National Pen Pal Day: 1 National Thank God It's Monday Day: 1 Oscar The Grouch Day: 1 Say Something Nice Day: 1 Superman's Birthday: 1 National Bubba Day: 2 Wonder Woman Day: 3 Audacity To Hope Day: 4 Hug Your Cat Day: 4 If you aren’t owned by a cat, borrow one for a hug. Old Maid's Day: 4

Baby Boomers Recognition Day: 5 Banana Split Days: 5-6 Donut Day: 5 Festival of Popular Delusions Day: 5 National Moonshine Day: 5 Drawing Day or Pencil Day: 6 Drive-in Movie Day: 6 National Black Bear Day: 6 National Bubbly Day: 6 National Play Outside Day: 6 (Physical distancing, of course) The Wicket World of Croquet Day: 6 Turtle Races Day: 6 YoYo Day: 6 (the Birthday of Donald Duncan) Daniel Boone Day: 7 Ghostbusters Day: 8 Upsy Daisy Day: 8 Donald Duck Day: 9 (his birthday) Loving Day: 9 Ball Point Pen Day: 10 Iced Tea Day: 10 Corn on the Cob Day: 11 National Cotton Candy Day: 11 Make Life Beautiful Day: 11 National Peanut Butter Cookie Day: 12 International Young Eagles Day: 13 Missing Mutts Awareness Day: 13 Queen's Official Birthday: 13 Random Acts of Light: 13 Roller Coaster Day: 13 World Bike Naked Day: 13 Worldwide Knit (and Crotchet) in Public Day: 13 International Bath Day: 14 Global Wind Day: 15 Prune Day: 15 Bloomsday: 16 Fudge Day: 16 National Garbage Man Day: 17 Garfield the Cat Day: 19 National Watch Day: 19 Ugliest Dog Day: 19 Wear Blue Day: 19 (Friday of Men's Health Week) World Sauntering Day: 19 American Eagle Day: 20 Flitch of Bacon Day: 20 Litha: 20 (Summer Solstice) Mermaid Day: 20 Make Music Day: 21

National Day of The Gong: 21 Tall Girl Appreciation Day: 21 (Longest Day of The Year) World Giraffe Day: 21 Stupid Guy Thing Day: 22 National Eat At A Food Truck Day: 23 Pink Flamingo Day (in your yard ): 23 International Fairy Day: 24 Global Smurfs Day: 25 Catfish Day: 25 Bar Code Day: 26 Harry Potter Day: 26 Drive Your Corvette to Work Day: 26 Take Your Dog To Work Day: 26 ARRL (American Radio Relay League) Field Days: 27-28 Decide To Be Married Day: 27 "Happy Birthday To You" Day: 27 National Onion Day: 27 National Sunglasses Day: 27 Log Cabin Day: 28 (Waving hi to all quilters!) International Mud Day: 29 Please Take My Children To Work With You Day: 29 National Meteor Watch Day: 30

Happy Flag Day, June 14. On this day, we commemorate the adoption of the flag by the Second Continental Con-gress in 1777. May she ever wave over our free country and stand for the dedi-cation and courage of all who served to keep our country free. Old Glory is a nickname for the U.S. flag. The original Old Glory was a flag owned by 19th-century American sea captain, William Driver (March 17, 1803 – March 3, 1886), who flew the flag during his career at sea and later brought it to Nashville, Tennessee, where he settled.

June 21

Celebrate Old Glory

SWIRCA & More June 2020

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1

BBQ Riblet on Bun Cheesy Potatoes

Spinach Pudding Cup

Milk

2

Chicken Parmesan Mixed Vegetables

Cauliflower Bread/Margarine

Pear Cup Milk

3

Cabbage Roll Italian Vegetables

Warm Spiced Peaches

Bread/Margarine Cookies Milk

4

Chopped Steak w/Gravy

Mashed Potatoes Stewed Tomatoes

Moon Pie Bread/Margarine

Milk

5

Chicken Fiesta Rice

Broccoli Soft Shell Tortilla

Flavored Applesauce Cup Milk

8

Hamburger on Bun Tater Tots Baked Beans Snack Cake

Milk

9

BBQ Pork on Bun Homemade Maca-

roni & Cheese California Blend

Pudding Cup Milk

10

Chicken Fried Chicken

Garlic Mashed Pota-toes

Brussel Sprouts Bread/Margarine Pineapple Cup

Milk

11

Sausage Pattie Country Gravy Southern Style

Biscuit Potato Pancake Mixed Fruit Cup

Milk

12

Chili Mac (1cup) French Style Green Beans

Cornbread Tropical Fruit Cup

Milk

15

Sweet & Sour Chicken

Rice Pilaf Buttered Carrots

Wheat Bread/Marg Mandarin Oranges

Milk

16

Pork Pattie w/Gravy

Sweet Potatoes Broccoli

Bread/Marg Mixed Fruit Cup

Milk

17

Chicken & Noodles Seasoned Green

Beans Warm Spiced Ap-

plesauce Bread/Marg

Cookies Milk

18

Ham & Beans Spinach

Cornbread Pudding Cup

Milk

19

Free Food Friday! Sponsored by the Islamic Center

Call the Center, 812-853-5627 to reserve a lunch.

22

Spaghetti w/Meat Sauce

Italian Vegetables Warm Spiced Ap-

ples Texas Toast Tropical Fruit

Milk

23

Sausage Patti Country Gravy

Biscuit Hash Brown Pattie

Peach Cup Milk

24

BBQ Chicken Cheesy Potatoes Buttered Carrots

Bread/Marg Pudding Cup

Milk

25

Meatloaf Mashed Potatoes

Peas Wheat Bread/Marg

Mixed Fruit Milk

26

Hot Dog on Bun Mixed Vegetables

Cauliflower Pear Cup

Milk

29

Potato Crusted Fish Homemade Macaro-

ni & Cheese Vegetable Blend

Wheat Bread/Marg Mandarin Oranges

Milk

30

Country Fried Steak

Garlic Mashed Po-tatoes

Seasoned Green Beans

Bread/Marg Pineapple Cup

Milk

Your meal is provided on a dona-tion basis, whatever you can afford to contribute. There is no set fee or charge. A suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Cash, checks, or Food Stamps are accepted Meat/Entrée: 2 ½ -3 oz Veg/Salad/Dessert ½ cup Margarine:1 teaspoon Bread: 1 slice Milk: ½ pint Casseroles: 8oz

Operated by the SWIRCA & More Nutrition Program 16 W. Virginia St Evansville, Indiana 812-464-7807